quaggy

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quaggy^¹

/ˈkwɒɡi/ UK

adjective quaggier · quaggiest · quoggy

Resembling a quagmire; marshy, miry. English oxen would be much distressed and frightened in such quaggy soil.
Similar: moorish
Soft or flabby (of a person etc.). Behold her then, spreading the whole troubled bed with her huge quaggy carcase: Her mill-post arms held up; her broad hands clenched with violence […].

Similar: paludal, syrtic

Quaggy^²

proper noun

A short river that passes through the London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

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@misc{quaggy_2026,
  title = {quaggy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quaggy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}